Senior Central 2nds

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jacko66;325743 said:
Yeah TOBB, dissapointing result for us on the weekend, which makes it much more difficult to reach the finals.

It's a bit of a pain that MHSOB don't enter scores on the web, so I'll give you a quick summary.

We batted poorly, too many cheap wickets with only one decent partnership and then a bit of a flurry at the end getting us to 160 odd. We wanted more, but figured that if we bowled well early we could put pressure on them and get up. All looked to be going to plan when we got Otis cheaply then had them 5 for 50 odd from memory. A couple of guys started swinging at just about everything, played and missed most of them at first then started to get bat on ball and get away from us. Some old spinner brought himself on to try to break the partnership but ended up getting carted and it was nearly all over. They passed us 6 or 7 down with about 7 overs to spare.

While we could argue that if we'd had a bit of luck early in the partnership we might have run through them like you did YP, you'd have to say that MH deserved to win. We had periods where we were on top, but not as many as MH.

We found YP to be pretty good with the ball last game (bowl straight, vary their pace well etc.) We really only got right on top of them in one partnership between our 2 best bats last game. However, their batting was pretty weak against us and I'm not surprised that they struggled to chase against your bowling line up. A few wickets for TOBB, well done! Opened the bowling with offies due to broken body I suppose?

I don't reckon Spotty can claim underdog status for the flag just yet. Let's wait and see how you and YC shape up against each other next round.

Well you guys now have your work cut out, outrights are tough to get, but good luck. I actually dont mind when sides are havin a crack, gives you an opportunity for wickets. Having said that, also an opp to get smashed!! Hate getting "French cut"!!!!! My pet hate in the game!! Especially with no fine leg!! HATE IT!! Still working on my offies, got any advice for me?

Should be a good game this week. YC had us on the ropes last time. Chasing 80 odd, we were 8/70. So could've gone either way. They are obviously travelling very well atm, and I think are the team to beat.
 
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My advice???? Give up on the offies, they're boring. Get the leggies going, should be more of it. Harder to french cut a leggie too.
 
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Too Old Body Broke;326048 said:
Well you guys now have your work cut out, outrights are tough to get, but good luck. I actually dont mind when sides are havin a crack, gives you an opportunity for wickets. Having said that, also an opp to get smashed!! Hate getting "French cut"!!!!! My pet hate in the game!! Especially with no fine leg!! HATE IT!! Still working on my offies, got any advice for me?

Should be a good game this week. YC had us on the ropes last time. Chasing 80 odd, we were 8/70. So could've gone either way. They are obviously travelling very well atm, and I think are the team to beat.

dont listen to jacko's crap about leg spin, become an offie. captains let you bowl, you wake up sunday and its only your head that hurts, not your back, hammies, knees, ankles etc, etc. Leg spin is way to hard. And if they french cut you as a offie, you can claim that it spun. The only downside is learning to cope with blokes smashing you over your head for 6 and not being able to "knock there block off" next ball. 12 years and I still struggle with this one.
 
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fooey5for10;328354 said:
royal park/brunswick 9cc/423 on saturday. destiny is in our hands...

Wow!!! Massive score!! Did they have alot of luck, did you guys bowl crap?? And just looked at results so far, CY's would be looking to close in on an outright, so you may need to find 424??
 
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fooey5for10;328354 said:
royal park/brunswick 9cc/423 on saturday. destiny is in our hands...

That's a fair score Foo. At 5.29 R.P.O you have your work cut out. A massive run chase and i wish you guys all the luck.
 
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well, 9 dropped catches didnt help our cause & some of the bowling was ordinary but no more than usual in senior central 2s cricket. a combination of a dead pitch & lightning fast outfield at ryder contributed as well. 2 scores: bowers 170 & vicendese 133 (who loves playing us... 104* round 10 07/08) + 2 partnerships between bowers & groucott (103 for 3rd wicket) & bowers & vicendese (205 for 4th wicket) were underlying factors also. they both batted beautifully in the conditions & knew what to do with every ball. the only thing that got both fellows out was tiredness i believe - bowers hit it down my throat at long on off 'baby chick' jones (4/375) & vicendese picked out 'akka' cameron at deep cover off 'freddy' stringer (7/413). it was then up to the tail to see out the final overs & how much they would end up with.

we'll probably create a vtca record if we can run this total down on saturday. mind you if we do manage it, 855 runs off 160 overs wouldnt be a bad game of cricket to be involved in!!!

amongst all this happening, freddy took his 300th wicket (de martinis lbw) to become the third player at youlden parkville to achieve this feat. he is behind myself (324) & david 'snake' baker (320). congratulations freddy on achieving this wonderful milestone.
 
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fooey5for10;328368 said:
well, 9 dropped catches didnt help our cause & some of the bowling was ordinary but no more than usual in senior central 2s cricket. a combination of a dead pitch & lightning fast outfield at ryder contributed as well. 2 scores: bowers 170 & vicendese 133 (who loves playing us... 104* round 10 07/08) + 2 partnerships between bowers & groucott (103 for 3rd wicket) & bowers & vicendese (205 for 4th wicket) were underlying factors also. they both batted beautifully in the conditions & knew what to do with every ball. the only thing that got both fellows out was tiredness i believe - bowers hit it down my throat at long on off 'baby chick' jones (4/375) & vicendese picked out 'akka' cameron at deep cover off 'freddy' stringer (7/413). it was then up to the tail to see out the final overs & how much they would end up with.

we'll probably create a vtca record if we can run this total down on saturday. mind you if we do manage it, 855 runs off 160 overs wouldnt be a bad game of cricket to be involved in!!!

amongst all this happening, freddy took his 300th wicket (de martinis lbw) to become the third player at youlden parkville to achieve this feat. he is behind myself (324) & david 'snake' baker (320). congratulations freddy on achieving this wonderful milestone.

9 drpped catches??? That is gonna hurt in any game of cricket!! It is a funny game so good luck. Aand you are right, 850 runs would be some game to play in.

Congrtas to Freddy. Wiley bowler he is. Enjoys his game. Didnt realise you had that many poles mate?? Didnt get to see you roll your arm over against us??
 
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Too Old Body Broke;328395 said:
9 drpped catches??? That is gonna hurt in any game of cricket!! It is a funny game so good luck. Aand you are right, 850 runs would be some game to play in.

Congrtas to Freddy. Wiley bowler he is. Enjoys his game. Didnt realise you had that many poles mate?? Didnt get to see you roll your arm over against us??


true & i was one who grassed one - vicendese when he was 111. anyway, we'll make up for it with the bat this week.

**laugh** too many bowlers when we played you... 9 in fact!! i was in as a specialist bat!! that didnt last too long either - dizzy lb'd me with the only ball that kept low on your belter all day!! ;)
 
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dont kid yourself t.o.b.b. stop throwing off that y.c.c.c are the best side in it this year..... rumour has it that i heard from a y.c.c.c player on the weekend that some guy who was fielding in close for you guys telling them all how much they are going to smack any one you play in the grand final . thats getting a bit ahead of yourself dont you think . maybe stop throwing off and be honest and tell everyone how good you guys are.
 
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altonanorthlegend;328561 said:
dont kid yourself t.o.b.b. stop throwing off that y.c.c.c are the best side in it this year..... rumour has it that i heard from a y.c.c.c player on the weekend that some guy who was fielding in close for you guys telling them all how much they are going to smack any one you play in the grand final . thats getting a bit ahead of yourself dont you think . maybe stop throwing off and be honest and tell everyone how good you guys are.

I know you're trying to stir the pot here ANlegend. Although we are on top of the ladder, we are by no means ahead of any in the top 4. We are as vulnerable as any of them. We have had some lucky escapes and some very good wins. No right for us to be that cocky.
I know who was fielding in close and he loves the chat. But he wouldn't have sprooked to all like that.

The finals will be interesting and very competitive. No guarantees
 
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altonanorthlegend;328561 said:
dont kid yourself t.o.b.b. stop throwing off that y.c.c.c are the best side in it this year..... rumour has it that i heard from a y.c.c.c player on the weekend that some guy who was fielding in close for you guys telling them all how much they are going to smack any one you play in the grand final . thats getting a bit ahead of yourself dont you think . maybe stop throwing off and be honest and tell everyone how good you guys are.

ANL, I can honestly say that they are the best side I have seen this year. Having said that, I have not seen/played RPB since round 1. YC played us extremely well earlier in the year and were probably unlucky not to win. And now they go out and make 240, solid I would say??

As for the chat, I also know who you are talking about. And yes he does not stop all day. Most is funny. If he has come out and said that, which I doubt, it would simply be him trying to put the batsmen off. I know that we are as vulnerable as the anyone. Played enough cricket to know that when finals start, it matters not what you have done during the year. When finals start, we have simply done more than the other sides who do not make finals. End of story.
 
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i'll lend into this interesting, current topic. from what ive seen royal park/brunswick are VERY solid in the batting department... 9cc/309 (round 4) & 9cc/427 (round 11) against us is testament to this fact. & from what i remember of round 10 2007/2008, theyre bowling is pretty handy also. so were going to be up against it saturday but who knows what will happen out in the middle!!

one handy thing to know is 'ace' elleray is on ransford so we dont have to face the smoke he delivers!! sure vicendese has others that can step up though - cusack for one comes to mind. anyway, itll be a good tussle between the northern neighbours!!

im looking forward to it...
 
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I tend to agree with Fooey, RPB are strong with the bat, the figures prove it. However, they have had players up and down to the seniors all year and their seniors are battling to get in the 4. If they don't make it, it will be interesting to see who misses put on qualifying for the reserves.

I would still put Spotty up as favourite. They share the wickets and runs around. I missed one game when we gave them a scare, but the game I did play they absolutely flogged us (might be a message in that?)

YP seem to have fallen into a hole and chasing 424 is steep in anyone's language. (I was happy to see Spotty's score of 400 v us get beat.)

I haven't seen YC, and from what TOBB says, they are pretty strong. My money is on Spotty v YC in the final, unless of course we can get the outright this week, then pull a surprise in a semi. Like TOBB says, anything can happen if you get to play.
 
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jacko66;328895 said:
I tend to agree with Fooey, RPB are strong with the bat, the figures prove it. However, they have had players up and down to the seniors all year and their seniors are battling to get in the 4. If they don't make it, it will be interesting to see who misses put on qualifying for the reserves.

I would still put Spotty up as favourite. They share the wickets and runs around. I missed one game when we gave them a scare, but the game I did play they absolutely flogged us (might be a message in that?)

YP seem to have fallen into a hole and chasing 424 is steep in anyone's language. (I was happy to see Spotty's score of 400 v us get beat.)

I haven't seen YC, and from what TOBB says, they are pretty strong. My money is on Spotty v YC in the final, unless of course we can get the outright this week, then pull a surprise in a semi. Like TOBB says, anything can happen if you get to play.

well, the ace will slot back into the 2s if royal park/brunswick 1s dont make it - thats one 'in' id definitely say yes to.

spotswood are beatable - we shouldve nailed them in round 10 & therefore not find ourselves in the hole were in currently. if you squeeze them early, the pressure gets too much for the likes of tobb & dizzy & they then try to act like batsmen & make runs!! :p

yes, jacko, weve struggled since the break winning only 1 game but if we "come of age" this weekend, look out fellow finals contenders because the youlden parkville juggernaut will be steaming towards you!!

funny thing is weve beaten both of those teams yet find ourselves in the present situation. all teams definitely beatable & its the old adage that keeps coming out "whoever is the better prepared team on the day will win"...
 
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fooey5for10;328936 said:
well, the ace will slot back into the 2s if royal park/brunswick 1s dont make it - thats one 'in' id definitely say yes to.

spotswood are beatable - we shouldve nailed them in round 10 & therefore not find ourselves in the hole were in currently. if you squeeze them early, the pressure gets too much for the likes of tobb & dizzy & they then try to act like batsmen & make runs!! :p

yes, jacko, weve struggled since the break winning only 1 game but if we "come of age" this weekend, look out fellow finals contenders because the youlden parkville juggernaut will be steaming towards you!!

funny thing is weve beaten both of those teams yet find ourselves in the present situation. all teams definitely beatable & its the old adage that keeps coming out "whoever is the better prepared team on the day will win"...

Think you will find he is not qualified for 2nds....... I may be wrong, but I think too many in the 1's??
We are most definately "beatable". Geezus, quite a few games we have been in all sorts. Just in a couple we have found a way out, and some we havent?? Gonna be interesting last Sat this week. And the finals to come...... it really is anyones for the taking.

Good luck Foo on the run chase. Sure gonna be some talking point if you guys get up!!
 
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still think your throwing off a little bit tobb . but anyway it seems to be an interesting finals series . one of my mates plays for yccc and he tells me that you guys are red hot favourites closely followed by rpb they believe they are third in line . they look like playing rpb in the first final should be a good game
 
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My previous point was about qualifying for finals not being selected.

I think that if the seniors side is also playing finals, then anyone can be dropped back to the reserves on form. (This will be the case for YC, possibly RPB and CY's if we manage to scrape in.)

YP and Spotty seniors will not be in the finals and only players that have qualified will be able to play in the reserves. Both these clubs have had settled sides for most of the year and you wouldn't think this will cause any worries for them. But, RPB seem to have had alot of players jumping between the 1's and 2's and may be restricted in who they can select if their 1's miss out. Does anyone know the actual qualification criteria?
 
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jacko66;329226 said:
My previous point was about qualifying for finals not being selected.

I think that if the seniors side is also playing finals, then anyone can be dropped back to the reserves on form. (This will be the case for YC, possibly RPB and CY's if we manage to scrape in.)

YP and Spotty seniors will not be in the finals and only players that have qualified will be able to play in the reserves. Both these clubs have had settled sides for most of the year and you wouldn't think this will cause any worries for them. But, RPB seem to have had alot of players jumping between the 1's and 2's and may be restricted in who they can select if their 1's miss out. Does anyone know the actual qualification criteria?


You must play 3 games in that grade , or a combinded 3 games in lower grade.

EG 8 games in the one's 2 in the 2nd's and 1 in the third's or 4ths and you can play seconds finals. Or of course 3 games in the seconds.

Hope this helps
 
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